NEW ONLINE PROGRAM ALERT - What can I do with a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management?

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Kent State University’s College of Business (COBA) provides global impact through innovative education, leading research, and meaningful engagement with the business community.

COBA is also busy training the next generation of business leaders.

Are you interested in being a leader?

Leadership is an important trait in today’s competitive, employment marketplace. A great way to develop your leadership skills is to invest in yourself and the new online Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate at Kent State University.

NEW PROGRAM! Enroll today in the Online Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate at Kent State University

The Leadership and Management graduate certificate prepares participants to serve as responsible leaders in public, private and, nonprofit organizations. Because the need for leadership and management competence is ubiquitous across all organizations, this certificate program welcomes participants from all fields and undergraduate degree backgrounds.

This is a stackable certificate to the online MBA (with Financial Management Graduate Certificate and completion of Capstone requirements).

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  • Articulate their position and apply their ideas effectively in writing.
  • Articulate their position and apply their ideas orally.
  • Articulate their ideas collaboratively as part of a team and provide some meaningful contribution to the overall team effort.
  • Identify stakeholders related to ethical dilemmas and understand the difference between the ethical and legal aspects of the dilemma.
  • Identify alternatives and consequences regarding an ethical dilemma and support a course of action.

For more information on Kent State’s Online Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate, visit https://onlinedegrees.kent.edu/degrees/certificate-leadership-management.

What is a Stackable Certificate?

A stackable certificate is a certificate that builds on itself as additional certificates or programs are added towards a degree. In other words, a set of building blocks in your educational path.

The Leadership and Management graduate certificate is one of two certificate programs that will provide a stackable certificate pathway to obtaining an MBA. This certificate provides a professionally useful stand-alone credential in leadership and management - which provides a ubiquitously needed skillset across organizations. This certificate can be supplemented by the Financial Management certificate, after which students who choose to complete an MBA degree can undertake a set of remaining requirements to complete the MBA degree.

For more information on Kent State’s Online Leadership and Management Graduate Certificate, visit https://onlinedegrees.kent.edu/degrees/certificate-leadership-management.

For more information on Kent State’s Online Finance Management Graduate Certificate, visit https://onlinedegrees.kent.edu/degrees/certificate-financial-management

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